Automobile seat construction.



. J. MURGAN.

AUTOMOBLE SEAT OONSTRUOTIN.

APPLIOA TIN ULEB UGTv 9, 1912.

Patnted Nov. 11, m13.

2 SHEETS--SHBET 1.

' F. ZI. MORGAN.

AUTOMOBILE SEAT CONSTRUCTION.

APPLIOATION FILED OOT,9,1912. QL Patented Nov. ii, m13,

2 SHEETS-SHEET Z.

is concealed within the padding of the back cushion and may be secured by any suitable means, for example, by nails or screws, to the posts or frame for the back, indicated at 13. The lower portion of said division board may extend down to and rest on the seat bottom 14, this portion of the division board extendingbetween the several seat cushions 2 and 3 and projecting slightly above said seat cushions and forward of the back cushion in the'angle between said seat and back cushion, so as to form. a partial division between the several seats, adapted to engage with the hips of the several persons, allowing free movement of the elbows and leaving` the forward portions of the seats clear and open for free movement of the knees of the persons. in order to give greater comfort and more securely hold the several persons from lateral movement, the division members l are preferably curved, shown, so as toI extend inwardly toward the front and then forwardly se that the division members on each side of the middle seat are forwardly convergent and the middle seat section 1s formed at its lower end with a la'teral projection or enflargement, extending into the enlarged space between the rear portions of the divlsion members, so that more room is thereby pro vided for the hips of the person occupying the middle section, while at the same time, more room is also provided for the hips of the person occupying the end section on account of the forward convergence of the division members.

The back seat sections 2 and 3 are formed similar to the front seat sections 2 and 3 and the front surface of the padding for thebaclr of the rear section or rear seat is similar to that above described for the front seat. ln order, however, to provide a desirable finish at back of the vehicle, the outside wall i5 of the rear seat may be formed straight .or without following the curves of the forward surface.v The. division board in this case is formed in itsexposed and operative portions substantially. as above described, but is extended far enough tothe rear to conform to the shape of the frame for the rear seat.

In the form shown in Fig. 5 a metal strap or rod 16 is attached to the division board 10', the latter having its front portion cut away. The rod 16 takesv the place of the front edge of the cut away part.

The division boards l0, while advan- 'ageons are not absolutely essential, as the raised position of the center seat affords side walls or abutments for the adjoining side seats, so that a person sitting'in either side seat `will be held from shifting sidewise by the raised portion of the center seat.

lt is to be observed that while in the pres-h ent instance l have shown the upper surfaces of the cushions inclined and that thereby the higher front portion of the center seat is opposite the lower rear portions of the side seats, thus forming the abutment before referred to, that the abutment need not necessarily' be secured in this manner with the surface of the seats inclined.

ln Fig. 6, l have shown a modification in which the division boards l0 have been omitted and I have also shown the front seats inclined, as in the previous form, and providing the abutment, and have shown the rear 2, 3 with level surfaces, the center seat being raised above the side seats,

`thereby forming the abutment.

tween the side seats projecting farther back than the side seats, said/seats being arranged in substantially parallel relation, the back portion of the middle seat being Wider than the front part of the middle seat and extending` laterally behind the side seats.

ln testimony whereof, l have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles, California, this 11th day of September, 1912.

FRANKLYN J. WOR-GAN.

ln presence of- Gno. T. HACKLEY, MARY E. BLASDEL. 

